What is the future of identity on the social web? Could it span federation protocols and be baked into the internet itself? What could it look like to everyday users and how would it be used?
There’s no better person to ask than @jay.bsky.team@bsky.brid.gy CEO of Bluesky. Jay’s extensive experience and deep knowledge about the promise, products and protocols underlying the fediverse is legendary.
If you’re building for the #fediverse this conversation will get you thinking and inspired. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts or watch it on our PeerTube instance:
@mike@flipboard.social I’ve not yet listened to the episode (looking forward to it, as always), but reading the show notes it appears there was not any discussion of Bluesky’s business plan.
As exciting as I find Bluesky’s vision and technical achievements to be, their long term success (and non-enshittification) hinges entirely on their ability to become a profitable company.
Why wasn’t this part of the discussion?
We cannot keep treating sustainability like a negligible afterthought. You are what you sell.